Meadowlands Sports Complex workers protest elimination of benefits

EAST RUTHERFORD -- Meadowlands Sports Complex concession workers this morning protested against the elimination of their medical benefits during contract negotiations, according to a report by the Record.

More than 80 members of Local 100 of Unite Here attended a New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority monthly board meeting today, the report said, and asked the board to insist that Aramark, their employer, to stop seeking further givebacks from the union.

The union's president said that Aramark was offered a package that would save $500,000 in labor costs -- through reduced number of paid holidays, a wage freeze and a slight reduction in medical benefits, the report said.